I wouldn't recommend that anyone waste their time with the 'Home & Student' version or Education version ... because, as you have discovered, it doesn't include Access.
I purchased (or is it leased?) Office 365 Home for $9.99 / month or $99.99 / year.
which DOES include Access, but does not include Sharepoint 2013.
Assuming that you'll want to use Office (and Access) after you graduate, going this route is a great start.
Buy Microsoft Access 2016 at a Cheap and low price, you can download and install it easily using its activation key that you will receive after purchase.
There are a couple of other advantages to Office 365.
1.) Upgrades are included, at no additional charge. It was Office 2013 when I bought it, and it is now Office 2016.
2.) You can install office on up to 5 PC's (or even Mac's) within your household / family. So now we're theoretically talking about spending $2.00/ month for each copy.
If having Sharepoint is also important to you, then Office 365 Business Premium https://products.office.com/en-us/business/office-365-business-premium might be what you want. (It's what I have right now)
The website is confusing, though ... perhaps a Microsoft employee can straighten this out. This version does not list Access in the program list, but it's clearly included! It also says a max of 5 users, but I recall that it was 15!